The widespread use of pesticides in agriculture provides a particularly complex pattern of multidimensionalnegative … study recently conducted in the North of Italy aimed at estimatingthe value of reducing the multiple impacts of pesticide …

Pesticide use in agriculture poses several risks to both human health and non-target agro-ecosystems. Due to lack of … information on the monetary value of reducing pesticide risks, it is difficult to perform an economic analysis that addresses … to present a critical overview of the empirical literature on pesticide risk valuation that provides disaggregate …

This paper examines the ecosystem impacts of transgenic Bt cotton technology resulting from reduced chemical pesticide … effects of pesticide use are quantified with the environmental impact quotient (EIQ), with and without Bt technology. An … environmentally-sensitive production function is estimated, treating the environmental risk of pesticide toxicity as an undesirable …